Sunday, November 25, 2007

News from London

J: I found some good YouTube links to people who snuck tape recorders into the Rent RemixA: nice!J: I forgot to mention that during Seasons of Love, which was done as part of a medley at the opening of the show, was accompanied by a loud ticking clockA: "God...I just, I really want the audience to get that like time is running out...how are we gonna do that???"J: hahA: there is a 2001 meistersinger onA: and Heppner just cracked something brutalJ: jesusJ: he better not ruin TristanA: likeA: the big Meistersinger song isn't all that high, I don't thinkJ: if you crack on the Lied, you don't get no freaking PreisA: seriousA: he just got close againA: but he righted himselfA: Sachs is all "this was an ok rehearsal...do you think you could avoid dairy before the show tomorrow? Maybe its the dairy..."J: who's the Sachs?J: J Mo?A: yeahJ: boo.A: i'm still not really sure what I want in a SachsJ: I'm not sure about Meistersinger in generalJ: I don't think I can go to the first IphigenieJ: it's just too damn expensiveA: mehA: i think that's okJ: yeahA: it may improve if you get really into itA: but it is definitely pretty boring the first time aroundJ: oh hrmA: or so I thought from the one here last yearJ: oh funJ: there are clips on YouTube from the original Rent at NYTWJ: and there are songs that never made it to BroadwayA: oh neatJ: wow they're awfulA: yikesJ: One Song, Glory used to be called "The Right Brain"J: "Fiiiind, The RIght Brain"A: haA: "Jonathan, about the Brain song"J: there's also a goofy little song where Benny tries to talk Mark into going into Real EstateA: i sort of don't want to like KM as EvaJ: why?A: it's just such a different sound than other EvasJ: rightA: and it seems like there are about a million better uses for herJ: yeah. I mean, it's probably not bad.A: indeed...all that kind of falls apart when she starts inJ: I sort of can't believe the subway here ends at midnightA: yeahA: that is nutsA: PS, shortly after you signed off, KM did the quintetA: it was out of controlJ: oh manJ: I need to hear thatA: she's on this really nice recording i have with Solti and the CSOA: but this even blew that out of the waterA: like, you don't know what to do with yourselfJ: manJ: hm, it says I can't download it from youJ: is that the CSO quintet?A:here it isA: wrong one before